Meeting_Body
PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
JULY 18, 2018
Subject
SUBJECT: SENATE BILL 1 ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES
Action
ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
RECEIVE AND FILE report on Accountability Guidelines and the Baseline Agreements required by the California Transportation Commission (CTC) for seven projects awarded SB-1 grant funding on May 16, 2018.
Issue
ISSUE
At its May 2018 meeting the CTC awarded grant funding from the first cycle of three new discretionary funding programs created by Senate Bill 1 (SB-1)-the Trade Corridor Enhancement (TCEP), Solutions for Congested Corridors (SCCP), and Competitive Local Partnership (LPP) Programs. Metro received $703 million in SB-1 grant awards across all eight of its project applications submitted for the LPP, SCCP, and TCEP competitions. Receipt of an SB-1 funding award by the CTC through these three discretionary programs triggers a requirement for Metro to enter into a Baseline Agreement with the CTC and commit to, and comply with, accountability measures and reporting requirements as outlined in the SB-1 Accountability and Transparency Guidelines (Accountability Guidelines). In recognition that these projects must remain on schedule to receive and maintain their SB-1 funding awards, staff will develop an SB-1 accountability report that provides a comprehensive, unified overview of the status of each project that has received an SB-1 discretionary grant award.
Background
BACKGROUND
Following the adoption of guidelines for each of the three SB-1 discretionary programs (TCEP, SCCP, and LPP) in March 2018, the CTC announced a Call for Project Applications for each program. In response to this opportunity, Metro Planning staff worked across departments and with key stakeholders (e.g., Caltrans, Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach) to (1) identify candidate projects through the Evaluative Criteria Framework, (2) develop and confirm project schedules, costs, and cashfl...
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